Two women blocked from breaking through police lines to petition PM
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Two women attempted to break through lines of police at a conference hall of Khon Kaen University on Wednesday to file a complaint with Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha over their problems involving non-banking loans.
The prime minister was visiting Khon Kaen to promote his government’s Thailand 4.0 policy.
While police were screening some 5,000 people who were entering the hall to hear the prime minister’s speech, the two women tried to enter the room, saying they wanted to hand over their complaints directly to the prime minister.
They were removed and taken to the Darongtham centre of the Interior Ministry, about 500 metres away.
Authorities would not allow reporters to be present while they were talking to the two women.
